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From the ECS State Policy Database
2007 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2007. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
+ 21st Century Skills
+ Accountability
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+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
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+ Adult Basic Education
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+ Assessment--Value Added
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+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
- Career/Technical Education
CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Teacher credentials
S.B. 52
Renames the designated subjects vocational education teaching credential the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teaching credential. Repeals authority for issuance and renewal of designated subjects teaching credentials for part-time se...

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MOAdopted 10/2007P-12
Postsec.
Teacher certification,
5 CSR 80-800.270
Amends rule to incorporate changes in the Compendium for 2007. Deletes certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of June 2007.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c80-800.pdf
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MOAdopted 10/2007P-12
Postsec.
Teacher certification
5 CSR 80-800.380
Amends rule to incorporate 2007 Compendium changes. Deletes certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of June 2007.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c80-800.pdf...

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CASigned into law 09/2007Postsec.private postsecondary
S.B. 45
Extends the provisions of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989. Provides for the extension of voluntary agreements with institutions regarding compliance with related state statutes. Authorizes accredited institutions to make s...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Career education
A.B. 598
Authorizes a community college or apprentice training instructor to teach a career technical education course in a subject that is not a core academic subject on a high school campus. Authorizes a pupil to take an apprenticeship, job training, or community col...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12Career education facilities
S.B. 13
Requires the State Department of Education to include in the application for school districts for new construction funding certain questions relating to career technical education facilities, including whether the funding would be used for facilities related t...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12Career/Technical Education
A.B. 597
Makes the State Department of Education responsible for the creation of comprehensive, easy to access, user-friendly Web site pages with specified information about opportunities and programs available in the state on career technical education in elementary a...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Career education
A.B. 666
Relates to existing law that establishes an incentive grant program for the purpose of improving, expanding, and establishing instructional programs in home economics careers and technology career technical education to improve the academic achievement and car...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12
Postsec.
P-16
A.B. 428
Requires each school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to class registration, for each school in the district, to provide parents or guardians with written notification relating to the courses offered by the school satisfying the requir...

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VTAdopted 09/2007P-12EDUCATOR LICENSING
16 VSA 164(5), -1691a, -1692, -1695, -1697, -1792(a), -1751, -59
Amends rules pertaining to Career and Technical (CTE) educator licensing. The goals of the changes to the CTE endorsements are to:
· break down the wall between "regular" education and career and technical education endorsements, in support of the broader goa...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Agricultural Science Teacher Training Continuum and Incentive Funding Grants
H.B. 1922
Subject to appropriation, requires the state board of education to develop a secondary-level agricultural science teacher training continuum and to provide incentive funding grants to the agriculture science teacher education programs at Illinois State Univers...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12CTE Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.Chapter 23
Updates career and technical education course offerings so that they are more aligned with national standards. Pages 6-8 of 79: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0708/0708RUL.pdf...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2007P-12Project EAST
H.B. 1630
Relates to high school-level project EAST (environmental and spatial technology), which integrates cutting-edge technology, such as computer-assisted drafting, geographic information systems, global positioning systems, and computer graphic applications such a...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Admission of Students With Two Years High School
H.B. 822
Requires regional vocational schools to accept students who have completed 2 years of high school regardless of the number of credits earned; allows students to enroll in regional vocational schools when the department of education determines it would be in th...

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PASigned into law 07/2007P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Pennsylvania Technical College Program
H.B. 842 -- Article XIX-F
This section of H.B. 842 establishes the Pennsylvania Technical College Program as a competititve grant program (to the extent that funds appropriated can support) to prepare students in educationally underserved areas for high-demand occupations that requrie ...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Workforce and Career Preparation
S.B. 1232
Creates the State Career and Professional Education Act to improve academic performance and to respond to workforce needs; requires a school district to develop strategic plans to address and meet local and regional workforce needs and to establish a career an...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Career and Technical Education
H.B. 1225
Requires the Tennessee council for career and technical education to conduct a study to determine proper methods for integrating career and technical education courses and to report its findings and recommendations to the chair of the education committees for ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Awareness of Career and Technology Education
H.B. 3485
From bill analysis: The purpose of this bill is to raise awareness about the value of career and technology education by including it in existing policies that impact student course-taking decisions. In this way, students, parents, and educators will consider ...

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CTSigned into law 05/2007P-12Technical High Schools Committee
S.B. 1283
Relates to the advisory committee on technical high schools; reconstitutes the state-wide technical high school advisory committee with members appointed by the State Board of Education; makes recommendations to the State Board of Education concerning the cons...

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HISigned into law 05/2007P-12Career/Technical Education and STEM
S.B. 885 (Section 1-10)
Directs the department of education to establish and administer a career and technical education program that meets the requirements of the federal Perkins Act of 2006.  Provides the department's program may include:
     (1)  Pathway programs of study, includ...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Workforce Proficiency Panel
S.B. 345
Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provision that requires the panel to adopt standards for postsecondary certificates of achievement for technical education progr...

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KSSigned into law 05/2007Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondary Technical Education Authority
H.B. 2556
Establishes the postsecondary technical education authority. Provides that when making appointments of the representatives of Kansas business and industry and the general public, consideration must be given to individuals recognized for their knowledge or expe...

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NDSigned into law 05/2007P-12Career and Technical Education, Enrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1019
Increases funding for for the Department of Career & Technical Education by $4.9 million, 29 percent over from the previous biennium. The $4.9 million in this legislation is part of a total $8 million increase in workforce training funds coordinated between K-...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Career and Technical Education Reporting
A.B. 131
Requires reports of accountability information for public schools to include certain information regarding pupils enrolled in career and technical education. Revises provisions governing the acquisition of joint facilities and projects by school districts for ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Reimbursement for Certification Exams
H.B. 2383
Entitles a student to reimbursement for the cost of a certification examination upon completion of a school district's career and technology program in which a student receives instruction for employment in a certain trade or occupation if the student passes t...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Idaho Digital Learning Academy
S.B. 1237 (Sections 12-14)
Strikes existing provision that funding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy be provided from an annual budget request to the legislature from the superintendent of public instruction. Creates new section providing that a portion of the annual legislative ap...

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VASigned into law 04/2007P-12Technical Diploma
H.B. 2039
Requires the state board to establish the requirements for a technical diploma. This diploma shall meet or exceed the requirements of a standard diploma and will include a concentration in career and technical education, as established in Board regulations. A ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007Community College
Postsec.
Private Vocational Schools
S.B. 5402
It is clarified that private vocational schools must meet the minimum requirements to obtain and maintain an operating license. Private vocational schools must demonstrate their financial viability and responsibility to the Workforce Training and Education Coo...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12
Community College
Skill Centers
S.B. 5790
Creates a new chapter addressing skill centers. Beginning in the 2007- 08 school year, students attending skill centers will be funded for all classes at the skill center and the sending district up to 1.6 full time equivalent (FTE) students, or as determined ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Professional-Technical Regional Public Charter Schools
S.B. 1088
Allows for the creation of "professional-technical regional public charter schools." Provides that a professional-technical regional public charter school must meet the standards and qualifications established by the division of professional-technical educatio...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12High School Coursetaking
LAC 28:CXV.2319
Adds Database Programming with PL/SQL, Java Programming, Database Design and Programming and Digital Media I/II to the computer/technology courses that may fulfill the 1 unit computer/technology requirement for an optional career area of concentration. Pages 8...

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SDVetoed 03/2007Community College
Postsec.
State Board of Technical Institutes
S.B. 95
Establishes a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer of authority over public postsecondary technical education from the Department of Education to the State Board of Techni...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Career & Technical Education Diploma
S.B. 1147, H.B. 2039
Directs the Board of Education to establish the requirements for a technical diploma, which must meet or exceed the requirements of a standard diploma and include a concentration in career and technical education. The bill is identical to HB 2039, which also p...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Standards, Assessment, Professional Development & Code of Conduct Updates
S.B. 795
Provides for the phasing out of the eighth grade cumulative history test in the 2007-2008 school year, and the implementation of the United States History to 1877, United States History: 1877 to the Present, and Civics and Economics tests in the 2008-2009 scho...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Career & Technical Education Project Contractor Licensing Requirements Exemption
H.B. 2757
Exempts from the contractor licensing requirements work undertaken by students as part of a career and technical education project as defined in § 22.1-228 established by any school board in accordance with Article 5 (§ 22.1-228 et seq.) of Chapter 13 of Title...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12
Community College
Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education Sunset Date Extension
H.B. 2040
Extends the sunset date for the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education until July 1, 2012. The 17-member advisory council is charged with submitting recommendations for career and technical education that shall include policies and goals for caree...

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OHAdopted 02/2007P-12Diploma with Honors Criteria
OAC 3301-13-07, -16-01, -02
Revises criteria for awarding the diploma with honors for both the college preparatory and career-technical curriculum options, effective with the Class of 2011. Reduces criteria eligible students must meet to 7 out of 8 for both curriculum options (through Cl...

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VASigned into law 02/2007P-12Reporting Number of Career & Tech. Ed. Students
H.B. 1978, S.B. 1148
Requires local school boards to include in their annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who have met the requirements for a career and technical concentration or specialization and all requirements for high school graduation or an appro...

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IDAdopted 01/2007P-12
Postsec.
Graduation Requirements and Advanced Opportunities
IDAPA 08.02.03
Increases total number of credits required for high school graduation to 46 credits (23 Carnegie units) starting with the 2013 graduating class. Increases math requirements to 3 units and science requirements to 3 units. Requires students to take the ACT, SAT,...

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